Emilia de San José

Life

Emilia de San José, born Emilia Chapellín Istúriz, was a Venezuelan religious sister, considered venerable by the Catholic Church. She founded in 1890 the Congregation of the Little Sisters of the Poor in Maiquetia, which became the first Catholic religious congregation established in Venezuela since 1874, when President Antonio Guzman Blanco closed all religious establishments. She also founded and directed the San José de Maiquetía Hospital.

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